American photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber was BOTD in 1946. Born in Greensburg, a coal-mining town in Pennsylvania, he studied art at Denison College in Ohio before moving to New York City to study acting. After befriending celebrity photographers Richard Avedon and Diane Arbus, he studied photography at the New School. In the late 1960s he met his life partner Nan Bush, who arranged photography assignments with fashion catalogues and GQ magazine. He rose to popular attention in the 1970s after discovering swimmer Jeff Aquilon, dubbed the first male supermodel, whom he photographed over many years. He is best known for his 1990s advertising campaigns for Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Abercrombie & Fitch, creating sleek, highly eroticised portraits of muscular male models. His famous photographic subjects included Kate Moss, River Phoenix and Chris Isaak, but his recurring obsession was the Midwestern wrestler and model Peter Johnson, who became the subject of his 2001 film Chop Suey. He also made the documentaries Let’s Get Lost about jazz musician Chet Baker and Nice Girls Don’t Stay for Breakfast about actor Robert Mitchum. A long time collaborator with Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines, his career crashed spectacularly in 2017 when he was accused of sexual assault by two male models. In 2018, The New York Times published details of sexual abuse allegations made against Weber by 15 models. The resulting controversy made him persona non grata in fashion circles, with American Vogue editor Anna Wintour and other editors dropping him as a contributor. Weber denied the allegations, and has since settled out of court with his accusers. He lives in Florida with Bush, and continues to work as a commercial photographer.